Born and raised in the historic colonial port town of Chaptico, on the western shore of St. Mary's County, Maryland, Dave's tunes have been recorded by such quality artists as: Blue Highway, The Seldom Scene, IIIrd Tyme Out, Larry Sparks, Valarie Smith & Liberty Pike, Jim Hurst, and Gary Ferguson and Sally Love. Bluegrass Unlimited has described him as "one of the most refreshing new writers in bluegrass music".

"His mellow, crackling ditties have all the pace and timbre of folk, but are spun with bluegrass's backwoods scales. They're new songs that sound like campfire classics."
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